Definition of Conversational

1. Adjective. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation. "The broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"

Exact synonyms: Colloquial
Similar to: Informal
Derivative terms: Conversation

Definition of Conversational

1. a. Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style.

Definition of Conversational

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty ¹

2. Adjective. (computing) involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server ¹

3. Anagrams. conservational ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conversational

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conversational

conversance
conversances
conversancies
conversancy
conversant(p)
conversantly
conversate
conversated
conversates
conversating
conversation piece
conversation pieces
conversation stopper
conversational (current term)
conversational partner
conversationalist
conversationalists
conversationally
conversationed
conversationing
conversationism
conversationisms
conversationist
conversationless
conversations
conversaunt
conversazione

Literary usage of Conversational

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments: And for the Use of edited by Robert McLean Cumnock (1898)
"If your theme is unemotional, you must be content to use the conversational voice, even if the people in the back seats are unable to hear your words. ..."

2. Methods of Teaching in High Schools by Samuel Chester Parker (1915)
"conversational methods depend largely on the past experiences of ... The Socratic method is an especially circuitous form of the conversational method. 4. ..."

3. A Student's Philosophy of Religion by William Kelley Wright (1922)
"CHAPTER XVI PRAYER I—The conversational Nature of Thought and Prayer (1) As has been shown in Chapter XIV, the self of an individual develops through ..."

4. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"THE conversational VOICE AND WHISPER of hard rubber. The upper rod, or hammer, is movable so that when the short end (o) is depressed, the hammer is raised, ..."

5. The Orator's Touchstone by Hugh McQueen (1860)
"But the quiet grace and simplicity of the conversational minister, will command more converts to the faith which he professes, and will also win for him a ..."

6. Paragraph-writing by Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney (1893)
"(2) The conversational Essay. The conversational essay is illustrated in the essays of ... Subjects for conversational essays will be found in Appendix G 8, ..."

7. Lessons in Vocal Expression: Processes of Thinking in the Modulation of the by Samuel Silas Curry (1895)
"conversational FORM. voice in conversation manifests not only the successive ideas, but also the broadest logical relations. It can make one word of a poem ..."

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